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No. 6I6,353.

Patented Dec. 207 |898. F. V. PHILLIPS. l MACHINE FOR CUTTING WINDOWSTILE POCKETS.

(Application led Jan. 20, 1896.)

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Www/4f@ cf@ No. 6I6,353. Patented Dec. 20, |898. F. V. PHILLIPS.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING WINDOW STILE POCKETS.

(Application led Jan. 20, 1896., (No Model.) 4 sheets-sheet 2l me Nonmsnetsw v, Hamann-. wxs-Hmmm, o

Patented Dec. 20, |898.

No. 6I6,353.

F. V. PHILLIPS.

MAGHINE FOR CUTTING WINDOW STILE PUCKETS.

(Application filed Jan. 20, 1896.)

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(No Model.)

No. 6l6,353. Patented Dec. 20, |898. F. V. PHILLIPS.

MACHINE FUR CUTTING WINDOW STILE PUCKETS.

(Application med TanA 20, 1896.)

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(No Model.)

Ihvrrnn STATES PATENT Ormea.

FRANCIS Y. PHILLIPS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE SMITH rbPHILLIPS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOVR CUTTING WINDOW-STILE POCKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,353, dated December20, 1898.

Application filed January 20, 1896. Serial No. 576,116x (No model.)

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Be it known that I, FRANCIS Y. PHILLIPS, of Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Machines for Cutting IVindow-Stile Pockets; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letro ters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to machines for cutting window-stile pockets ofthe general character set forth in Letters Patent No. 483,968,

granted October 4, 1892. Generally and briefly described, said pocket isformed by side cuts (one or two) parallel with the edge of the stile,which sever the pocket laterally from the body of the stile, two offsetend 2o cuts at each end of the pocket extending inward to a plane Withinthe stile between its broad surfaces and fractures with the grain of thewood connecting the inner extremities of the offset end cuts at each endof the z5 pocket. The end cuts made from the front surface of the stileare farther apart than those made from the back side, so that thepocketpiece is removable outwardly when the frame is in place in thebuilding. I have heretofore 5o invented and constructed a machine forcutting this kind of window-pocket, the same being set forth in PatentNo. 548,454, dated Octoher 22, 1895, and granted upon myappilcation,Serial No. 445,959, iiled September 15,

1892. I have also embodied the said invention in another and improvedform, as set forth in a second application, Serial No.

536,611, filed January 24, 1895. The machine herein described is stillanother embodiment of the original invention, containing improvementsand additional inventions.

The improvements herein described (using the term improvements toembrace additions) have for their objects, first, a construction inwhich a circular saw or a pair of circular saws may be employed formaking the side orlengthwise cut or cuts; second, the separation of theoperation of making the end cuts from that of making the side cut orcuts,where 5o by a machine may be adapted for making the end cuts aloneand the side cut or cuts may be previously or subsequently made byanother machine and whereby the machine when organized, as here shown,to perform both operations one after the other the convertibility of themachine to one adapted for either the end cutting of pockets and thelike or the uses of a general sawing-machine may be more readilyeifected, and, third, the convertibility of the machine into a tablesawing-ma- 6o chine suitable for cutting dados, cross-gains, plowing,grow-dug, or plain sawing, and, fourth, a simpler and betterconstruction of devices for actuating the cross-cutters.

Other improvements will also appear from the following description ofthe machine and will be pointed out in the accompanying claims.

In the machines illustrated in my said prior applications for patent theside cutters are 7o shown as of straight form and as havinglengthwise-reciprocatin g motion. In the present construction the sidecutters are circular saws having a movement in their own'planes, wherebythey may be forced through the stile 7 5 at the proper point for theformation of the pocket, the stile being given lengthwise motion toextend the length of the side cuts, if required. This improvementenables the cutting of pockets in stuff much thicker than can 8o beadvantageously cut by straigh t-toothed cutters, and therefore enlargesthe range of usefulness of the machine. The machines of the prior patentand application are adapted only for cutting pockets. The presentmachine is convertible into a general sawing-machine, being constructedwith a movable part or parts by which the circular 'saw is exposed inposition for use for other purposes than pocketcutting. Thislast-mentioned improvement has of course no relation to the use of themachine as a pocket-cutter; but itis a possibility resulting directlyfrom the use of a circular saw or saws in the machine for making theside cut or cuts of the pocket. The 95 great value of this convertiblefeature of the machine is due to the fact that by reason of the greatcapacity of the machine as a pocketcutter small factories can give itemployment for only a small part of the time, and when idle itnecessarily occupies valuable space in the mill. By making the machineconverti- IOO ble from a pocket-cutter to a plain circular sawingmachine, dado-cutter, groover, &c., it may take the place of theordinary sawing-machine, and thus increase the productive capacity ofthe mill without taking up additional space. The machine may obviouslyhave the circular saws without being convertible, and certain of theclaims hereto appended are intended to protect the invention in itsnon-convertible form. The invention is, however, herein illustrated incon-4 vertible form.

Describing the present invention with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a rear side view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a topview. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. 4 is a transverse verticalsection on the line 4 4 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is an enlargement of cert-aindetails in side view, and Fig. 6 shows a modification of certainconnections.

A represents the main frame of the machine, said frame being preferablyrectangular and oblong in form, as shown. A represents a separate andrelatively-movable top frame composed of end castings ct a, joined bythe parallel bars ct ct', separated by the openings a2.

A2 representsa table which is secured upon the top of the main frame A,with a suitable lengthwise opening d2 therein directly beneath theopening a2 between the bars a', this table A2 forming a support uponwhich the stile or other stuff to be operated upon may be moved or held(as the case may be) in operating thereon. Said table A2 may of course,if desired, be made either in a single piece, with the opening CL2formed therein, or of two parts having such a space or opening betweenthem.

B represents the main driving-shaft, said shaft being mounted crosswiseof the machine in suitable bearings b b. It is here shown situated nearthe head of the machine,(where the operator stands;) but it may be at ornear the opposite end, if preferred. This shaft has upon its projectingextremity the fast and loose pulleys b b2, which should be adapted for afour-inch driving-belt. Between its ends is the belt-pulley b2. Y

C is a rigid vibrator)1 frame having its aXis upon the driving-shaft Band having its free end extended upward in the inclined direction shownin Fig. l and adapted to rise and fall within the main frame A. Uponsuch free end of the vibratory frame C is mounted a horizontal saw-arborc, arranged parallel with the driving-shaft B, and upon the projectingend of this arbor are secured in the usual or any suitable way one ortwo circular saws C C', which (when two are employed) are separated by aspace equal to the width of the stile-pocket to be cut. The saws C arearranged to rise through the space as of the table A2 when acting uponthe stile resting on said table and are adjustable on the arbor c by theusual means to permit the cutting of pockets of different widths or forother purposes. The saw-arbor c is provided with a band-pulley c', overwhich a suit-able belt passes from the pulley b2 on the drivingshaft B.

C2 represents a pivoted foot -lever connected by a stiff rod c2 with thefree end of the saw-frame C, by means of which lever the operator mayraise the saws C through the table A2 and into the stile or other stuffresting thereon, the saws being held thus elevated while the stile ismoved lengthwise along against the saws when the kerfs to be madetherein are required to be longer than will be made by the elevation ofthe saws alone. The saw-frame may descend and retract the saws by itsown weight or otherwise.

D D represent two lower cross-cutters, and D D two upper cross-cutters,for cutting the ends of the stile-pocket. These cutters are shown to bevertical, as they are also shown in my said second prior application forpatent, and not inclined, as shown in my first above-mentionedapplication. The inclination of such cross-cutters has been found inpractice unnecessary and for some'reasons less desirable. Thecross-cutters D and D are also here shown as being toothed saws and asbeing given their necessary reciprocatory movement in their own planesby the following means.

D2 is a rotating shaft situated near the back of the machine in or nearthe plane of the table A2, being given its motion by a twist belttrained over the-pulley d2 thereon and the pulley b4 on the shaft B, orotherwise. D2D3 are four eccentrics secured on said shaft B. Theseeccentrics are arranged in two pairs separated on the shaft bya distanceequal to the proposed length of the pocket to be cnt, and the eccentricsof each pair are preferably arranged oppositely as to their throw.

D4 and D5 are pitmen mounted on the eccentrics D2, and at their freeends they connect with'the cross-cutters D and D', respectively. Onepitman D4 proceeds from one of the eccentrics Dof each pair of thelatter to actuate one of the lower cross-cutters D, and, similarly, onepitrnan D5 proceeds from the other eccentric D3 of each pair to actuateone of the upper cross-cutters D'. Said pitmen are given the downwardlyand upwardly curved forms shown for the obvious purpose of clearing thetable A2 and superjacent frame-bar ct', below and above which,respectively, they connect with the cross-cutters.

The cross-cutters D and D are fed into the stile and retracted therefrompreferably by connection of the free ends of the pitman IOO IIO

with cranks or eccentrics on oscillatory shafts Y arranged,respectively, below and above the cross-cutters, as best illustrated inFigs. 4, 5, and. In all figures except Fig. 6 eccentrics are shown forthis purpose; but in Fig. 6 cranks take the place of the eccentrics.

D6 is a horizontal shaft mounted in the main frame A some distance belowthe table A2, and in line with the free ends of the pitmen DT is a likeshaft mounted in the upper part of the top frame A over the free ends ofthe pitmen.

Describing the construction in which eccentrics, as distinguished fromcranks, are employed, DS represents the eccentrics placed on the shaftsD6 and D7, one above each upper pitman and one below each lower one, theupper and lower eccentrics being arranged oppositely as to their throw,as plainly shown in Fig. 4. The box-straps of the lower eccentrics D8connect with the extremities of the lower pitmen DJl through the mediumof arms d, and those of the upper eccentrics similarly connect with theupper pitmen through arms d. By these means oscillation of the shafts D6and D7 will obviously force the crosscutters into a stile to make theend cuts of the pocket or retract the cutters after such end cuts havebeen made. For the purpose of simultaneously advancing andsimultaneously retractiug all the crosscutters the shafts D6 and D"i areshown as having secured to their protruding ends at the head of themachine pinions or toothed segments E E, and intermeshing with these aretwo segments E' E2, oflarger radius, journaled on the frame. To theselatter segments are secured parallel arms E3 E2, connected by a rod E4,the upper one of the arms E2 being provided with a handle E5, by whichthe operator may move it, and thus simultaneously rock the segments E E2to oscillate the shafts D6 D7, and he may thus advance all thecross-cutters D D' into the stile at the same time in cutting thepocket, or he may simultaneously retract them out of the stile after thecuts have-been made.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 the shafts D and DT have securedthereon cranks D9 D9 in place of the eccentrcs D8, said cranks beingconnected with the ends of the pitmen D4 D5 by means of pivoted rods orbars cl2 cl2. In this case the parallel connected arms E3 E3 are securedto the front ends of the shafts D6 D7. The crank construction lastdescribed is preferable for its greater simplicity and by reason of theless vertical movement required of the levers E to give the full desiredmovements to the cross-cutters.

The length of the pocket cut by the machine may be varied at pleasure byshifting the positions of the eccentrics D3 D8 (or of the cranks D5Jused in place of the eccentrics DS) on the several shafts to which theyare applied or by shifting such of these eccentrics as are concerned inthe operation of the cross-cutters at one end only of the pocket. Tothis end said eccentricsv and cranks will be movably secured to theshafts on which they are mounted by any familiar or suitable means ofwhich the set-screws illustrated are an example. The side cut or cutsmade by the circular saw or saws may of course be given any desiredlength bylengthwise movement of the stile against said saw or saws whenthe latter are in action. Y

It will be observed that the machine-frame affords openings at each endbeneath the top frame for the introduction and passage of the stile tobe operated upon as it rests or slides along the table A2, and also thatthe top frame or the bars ci ct thereof may afford a bearing or rest forthe upper surface of the stile when subject to pressure from below--as,for eX- am ple, when the circular saws are being forced upward throughthe stile. The device here shown and desirably employed for clamping thestile in place in the machine While the end cuts of the pocket are beingmade also presses upwardly on the stile against the resistance of t-hetop frame.

In the clamping device herein shown F F are oscillatory rods arrangedtransversely beneath the upper surface of the table A2 and having theirends projecting at the outside of said table, where they are providedwith parallel arms ff, on one of which is a handlef. These arms ff areconnected by a rod f2, pivoted to both, so that the rods F F may besimultaneously oscillated by the operator using the handled one of thearms fas a hand-lever. Opposite the opening d2 in the table A2 the rodsF have each one or more projecting spurs, which by the oscillation ofthe rod may be forced upwardly into the under surface of the stile tosecure it in place or retracted therefrom to release it.

As a means for guiding or adjusting the stile in the machine I prefer toemploy the gage set forth in my application for patent, Serial No.536,611, which gage enters the stopgroove (which is always present inthe stile) instead of engaging the edge of the stile. The stop-groovegage is not herein shown; but in its place is shown 'the adjustablevside gage F', Figs. 2 and 3, which also serves as a general work-gagewhen the machine has been converted into a plain sawing-machine, as willbe hereinafter explained.

The end stop mechanism for the adjustment of the stile to position incutting the pocket is preferably of the following construction.

G represents an apertured block adapted to slide upon the fixedhorizontal rod or bar g, which is attached to the end of themachineframe in line with the table A2. In a hole in the block G isadjustably secured a rod G', the inner end of which is arranged over thetable A2 in position to be struck by the end of a stile inserted intothe machine from its opposite end or side.

G2 is a lever pivoted between its ends to the machine-frame and providedat its upper end with a slot through which passes a pin or bolt g', thatenters the block G, and thereby enables the lever when vibrated to givemovement to the block along its support g. The lower end of the lever G2is connected by a rod g2 with the upper part of the circular-saw frameC, as clearly shown in Fig. l. In raise ing the circular saws,therefore, the lever G2 ICO IIO

will be vibrated to throw the block G rearward, and in dropping the sawssaid block will be moved forward or inward to the position it occupiesin Figs. l and 2. It may be understood that when the block G is in itsinner position, or, in other words, when the saw-frame C is down, theadjustable rod G is in proper position to gage the place of the stile toreceive the end cuts of the pocket. The stile is thrust endwise into themachine far enough to commence the side cuts at the lower end of thepocket, and then after raising the saw or saws C through the stile thelatter is pushed farther into the machine and against the saws until thestile strikes the stop-gage G. The saw-frame is then lowered or letfall, and in its descent it causes inward movement of the stop-gage,which pushes the stile back to the proper position to receive the endcuts. At this point the stile is clamped in place and the reciprocatingend cutters caused to enter the stile. Their cuts being completed, theyare retracted and the stile is released from its clamps ,and withdrawn.

It will be observed that the shaft D7, which is connected with the uppercross-cutters, and the part or parts opposed to the clampingspurs belongto the top frame A. For the purpose of exposing the circular saw or sawssuitably for general or special use other than that 0E making the sidecut or cuts of pockets this top frame A is made removable away from themain frame or from over the table A2, and to give ready convertibilityback to a pocket-cutter this is preferably done in the manner indicatedin the drawings, in which it is shown hinged to the main frame on therotary shaft D2 as an axis. Thus connected, the top frame A may beraised to the position shown in dotted lines of Fig. 3, where it may betemporarily fastened by a detachablysecured brace-rod H during the useof the machine for mere sawing purposes and from which it may be quicklylowered when the machine is to be again used for pocket-cutting. To freethe top frame, in order that it may be raised as described, the rod E4may be detached at its upper end` from the lever Es and any fasteningsemployed to secure the frame A to the main frame released. The beltwhich drives the shaft D2 should also be thrown off. One suitable formof fastening for holding the top frame A' to the main frame A when themachine is in use as a pocketcutter is clearly shown in Fig. 3 andconsists in a lug or lugs d4, depending from the top frame close to themain frame, and a bolt or pin a5, passing through the lug into the mainframe.

It is evident that the detail mechanisms may be widely varied withoutdeparture from the invention, as well as that certain of theimprovements set forth may be employedl without others.

I claim as my inventionl. In a machine for making window-stile pocketsof the character described, the combination, with cross-cutters formaking the offset end cuts of the pockets from the opposite sides of thestile, of a'saw-arbor carrying one or a pair of circular saws arrangedto operate between the cuts VVmade by said crosscutters for making theside cut or cuts ofthe pocket, and means for supporting the stile, thesaw-arbor and stile-support being relatively movable whereby thecircular saw or saws may be made to enter and to be retracted from thestile laterally between its ends.

2. In a machine for making window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combination, with cross-cutters for making the offset endcuts of the pocket, of a fixed support for the stile, and amovably-mounted sawarbor carrying one or a pair of circular sawsarranged to operate between the cross-cutters for making the side cut orcuts of the pocket, together with suitable means for moving thesaw-arbor toward the sti1e,whereby said saw or saws may be made to enterthe stile laterally between its ends.

3. In a machine for cutting window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combination, with a saw-arbor carrying one or a pair ofcircular saws for making the side cut or cuts of the pocket, said arborbeing suitably mounted to give movement to said circular saws in thedirection of their planes and toward the side of the stile, ofreciprocating cross-cutters located in front and rear of said circularsaws arranged to enter the stile from opposite sides, vibratory armscarrying said cross-cutters, means for forcing said cutters into thestile, and means for reciprocating the free ends of the arms carryingsaid cross-cutters.

4. In a machine for cutting window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combination of opposing odset cross-cutters, vibratoryarms on the free ends of which said cutters are mounted, means forgiving longitudinallyreciprocating motion to the free ends of said armsand means connected with the arms for forcing the cutters into thestile.

5. In a machine for cutting window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combination of opposing offset cross-cutters, vibratoryarms on the free ends of which said cutters are mounted, a rotary shaftprovided with eccentrics which are connected with said arms, and meansacting on the free ends of said vibratory arms for forcing said cuttersinto the stile.

6. In a machine for cutting window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combination of opposing odset cross-cutters, vibratoryarms on the free ends of which said cutters are mounted, means forgiving vibratory movement to said arms, rock-shafts having eccentricsthereon which act upon the free ends of said arms, and a connectionbetween said rock-shafts whereby the same may be simultaneously rotated.

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7. In a machine for cutting window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combination of opposing odset cross-cutters, vibratoryarms on the free ends of which said cutters are mounted, a rotary shaftprovided with eccentrics upon which said arms are pivoted, and meansacting on the free ends of said arms whereby the cutters may be forcedinto the stile from opposite sides thereof.

S. In a machine for cutting Window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combination of opposing offset cross-cutters, vibratoryarms on the free ends of which said cutters are mounted, means forgiving Vibratory motion to said arms, rock-shafts provided witheccentrics which are connected with the free ends of the vbratory arms,and a connection between said shafts whereby they may be simultaneouslyrotated and the cutters forced into the stile from opposite sidesthereof.

D. In a machine for cutting window-pockets of the character described,the combination of opposing offset cross-cutters, vibratory arms on thefree ends of which said cutters are mounted, a shaft provided witheccentrics with which said arms are engaged, two rock shafts providedwith eccentrics which are connected with and act upon the free ends ofsaid vibratory arms, and a connection between said rock-shafts wherebythey may be simultaneously rotated and the cutters forced into the stilefrom opposite sides thereof.

l0. In a machine for cutting window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combiuation of opposing offset cross-cutters, vibratoryarms on the free ends of which said cutters are mounted, a rotary shafthaving eccentrics with which said arms are engaged, two rock shaftsprovided with eccentrics which are connected with the free ends of saidvibratory arms, one or both of the eccentrics on each shaft beingmovable lengthwise of the shaft for varying the length of the pocket.

1l. In a machine for cutting window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combination of cross-cutters arranged out of line witheach other, vibratory arms on the free ends of which said cutters aremounted, a shaft provided with eccentrics with which said vibratory armsare engaged, two rockshafts provided with eccentrics, pitmen connectingthe last-mentioned eccentrics with the free ends of said vibratory arms,and connections between said rock-shafts by which both of the same maybe moved together.

l2. In a machine for cutting window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combination of cross-cutters arranged out of line witheach other, vibratory arms on the free ends of which said cutters aremounted, a shaft provided with eccentrics with which said vibratory armsare engaged, two rockshafts provided with eccentrics, a pitmanconnecting the last-mentioned eccentrics with the free ends of saidvibratory arm, and connections between said rock-shafts by which both ofthe same may be moved together, all of said eccentrics being movableupon the shafts carrying them, whereby the said crosscutters may be setat a greater or less distance apart for making pockets of varyinglengths.

18. In a machine for cutting window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, the combination, with a circular saw or saws for first makingthe side cut or cuts of the pocket, and cross-cutters for subsequentlymaking the end cuts of the pocket, a movable stop adapted to limit thesliding movement of the stile in making the side cut or cuts, and thusto determine the length of the side cut or cuts, and means for movingsaid stop and to thereby retract the stile to the proper position forreceiving the cross-cutters. 14. In a machine for cutting window-stilepockets of the character described, the combination, with means forsupporting the window-stile and cutters for making the end or cross cutsof the pocket, of a movable sawframe carrying one or more circular sawsfor making the side cut or cuts of the pocket, and a movable stopconnected with the said sawframe and adapted to engage the end of thewindow-stile to limit the length of the cut made by such circular saw orsaws, said mov'- able stop being caused, by such connection with thecircular-saw frame and upon retraction thereof, to push the stile intoposition to receive the end cutters subsequently brought into actionupon the stile.

15. In a machine for making window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, said machine containing a circular saw for making the sidecut of the pocket, a horizontal table, means for projecting andwithdrawing the saw therethrough, and cross-cutters mounted upon pivotalarms arranged above the table, the combination with the lower portion ofthe machine-frame, of an upper frame carrying said upper cross-cutters,movable entirely away from the part of the table contiguous to saidcircular saw or saws so that said saw or saws are made fully accessibleand avail able for other purposes than the cutting of window-stilepockets.

16. The convertible stile-pocket-cutting machine described, consistingessentially of separable lower and upper frames, as A and A, avertically-movable circular-saw frame mounted in the lower frame, atable on the lower frame, adapted to allow the said circu lar saw toprotrude upwardly through it, and cross-cutters supported bythe upperframe, which, with the parts supported thereby, is movable entirely awayfrom that portion of the table contiguous to the circular saw or saws,thereby making said lower frame and supported parts available as acircular saw and table for other uses than cutting windowstile pockets.

17. In a machine for cutting window-stile pockets, the combination witha lower sta- IOO IIO

tionary frame having a substantially unobstructed horizontal table atits top and containing a verticallymovable circular-saw frame providedwith a saw adapted to be projected up through said table,of a separateupper frame hinged at one side to the stationary frame in positiontooverhang said table and carrying cross-cutters vfor making end cuts ofthe stile-pockets, the driving mechanism for said cross-cutters bein gconstructed to permit the lifting up of the top frame withoutdisconnection of said driving' mechanism,and means for detachablysecuring the top frame to the lower frame when lowered to its positionfor pocket-cutting, substantially as described.

1S. In a machine for cutting Window-stile pockets, the combination, witha lower stationary frame having a substantially unobstructed horizontaltable at its top and containing a verticallymovable circular-saw frameprovided with a saw adapted t0 be pro'- jected up through said table, ofaseparate upper frame hinged at one side to the stationary frame so asto overhang said table and carrying cross-cutters for making end cuts ofthe stile-pockets, and means for detachably securing the top frame tothe lower frame when lowered to its position for pocket-cutting,substantially as described.

19. A machine for cutting window-stile pockets of the characterdescribed, comprising a saw-arbor carrying a circular saw for making aside cut of the pocket, said arbor being mounted to give movement to thesaid circular saw in the direction of its plane, reciprocatingcross-cutters arranged to simultaneously enter the stile from oppositesides thereof, means for actuating said cross-cutters, means under thecontrol of the operator for throwing the cross-cutters into action, andmeans under the control of the operator for throwing the said circularsaw into action, said devices for throwing the cross-c utters andcircular saw into action being independent of each other, so that thecross-cutters and circular saw may be independently or successivelyoperated.

20. In a machine vfor making window-stile pockets, the combination of amachine-frame having a longitudinal support for the stile, on which thelatter is adapted to slide endwise, a side gage for determining thelateral position of the stile on the support, an end gage for limitingthe endwise movement 0f the stile, a movably-mounted saw-arbor arrangedtransversely with respect to the stile-support and provided with'twosaws arranged parallel with the said gage, said arbor being movable toproject the saws through the stile-support and the stile resting thereonfor making two cuts parallel with the sides of the stile, andhand-actuated means connected with said sawarbor.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aix mysignature, in presence of two witnesses, this 10th day of December, A.D. 1895.

FRANCIS V. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

M. E. DAYTON, WILLIS D. SHAFER.'

